Glove



June 22, 1948- I v. WALLIS 2,443,933

GLOVE Filed March 23, 1.946

INVENTOR 7 722522022 T lzlzis ATTORN Patented June 22, 1948 UNITEDSTATES I GLOVE Vernon Wallis, East Port Chester, Conn.

Application March 23, 1946, Serial No. 656,671

4 Claims.

This invention relates to the art of gloves.

The habit of wearing finger rings is, of course, very common, indeedancient, and includes the custom, particularly on the part of women, ofwearing rings having a projection thereon as, for example, a preciousstone mounted in a suitable setting. Women frequently wear such rings onthe third finger of the left hand. When an attempt is made to put on aglove, difficulty is frequently encountered because there is notsufficient room for the projection on the ring. When an attempt is madeto force the finger portion, technically designated finger stall, overthe finger and ring, there is not only discomfort but the finger portionof the glove may be injured, particularly if the glove is of more orless delicate material.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved glovewhich satisfactorily overcomes the difilculty mentioned.

The invention will be defined in the claims and an illustrativeembodiment thereof described in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawing in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a glove and the imrovement, and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary portion of said glove furtherillustrating said improvement.

Referring to Fig. 1 the finger stall I has portions defining a hole 2which may be circular in its periphery, the edges 3 of the hole 2 beingpreferably reinforced. The hole is preferably positioned on the fingerstall I so that when the glove is fully mounted on the wearers hand, thehole 2 is in registry with the portion of the finger on which the ringis normally mounted, this portion being intermediate between the firstjoint of the finger and the place where the finger joins the hand, sothat the projection on the ring, e. g., a jewel and jewel mounting, willproject through the hole 2. Communicating with the hole 2 the glove hasportions which define a slit 4, these portions comprising edges 5 and 6.These edge portions are preferably provided with slide fastener elements1 as particularly shown in Fig. 2, upon which is mounted a slider 8having a tab or pull 9. Slide fasteners and sliders for operationtherewith are well known per se and therefore need not be described indetail since any suitable form of slide fastener may be employed. Theslider may terminate in a stop H9 at one end and at the other endcommunicates with the hole 2 so that the jewel and jewel mounting, forexample, of a ring may project laterally through the slide and movelongitudinally thereof and relatively thereto,

2 There is also provided a flap II to cover or conceal the slit andslide fastener when the slider is not in use.

In using the invention the hand containing a ring for example, a diamondring mounted on the third finger, is inserted into the glove in theusual way, the slider being open. The diamond and its mounting mayreadily be inserted laterally through the slit, the slider .8 being thenadjacent the end or stop ID and the stone and mounting being insertedthrough the slit adjacent said slider 8. The glove is then further drawnor pulled on the hand and during this operation (the slit being ofcourse open with the slider 8 adjacent the stop Hi) the diamond and itsmounting pass longitudinally of the slit and finally when theglove isfully mounted, the diamond and its mounting are received within the hole2. When this operation is completed, the edges of the slit are drawntogether by moving the slider 8 toward the hole 2 and adjacent the edgesthereof after which the flap H is used to conceal the slit and slidefastener elements thereon.

While a single specific embodiment of the invention has been describedfor purposes of illustration, it is to be understood that numerousmodifications may be made without departing from the claims and that allsuch changes and modifications are intended to be claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A glove, one of the finger stalls of which has portions defining ahole adapted to receive the jewel and jewel setting portion of a fingerring, and a slit communicating directly with said hole and extendingtoward the body portion of said glove, the edges of said slit beingprovided with cooperating fastener elements to permit said slit to beopened and closed by the operation of said fastener elements,

2. A glove, one of the finger stalls of which has portions defining ahole adapted to receive the jewel and jewel setting portion of a fingerring, and a slit communicating directly with said hole and extendingtoward the body portion of said glove, the edges of said slit beingprovided with cooperating slide fastener elements, and a slide mountedto open and close said slit by movement longitudinally thereof.

3. A glove, one of the finger stalls of which has portions defining ahole adapted to receive the jewel and jewel setting portion of a fingerring, and a slit communicating directly with said hole and extendingtoward the body portion of said glove, the edges of said slit beingprovided with cooperating slide fastener elements, and a slide mountedto open and close said slit by movement longitudinally thereof and aflap secured to said glove adjacent said slit and adapted to concealsaid slit and slide fastening means.

4. A glove, one of the finger stalls of which has portions defining ahole and a slit communicating directly therewith, said slit extendingfrom said hole toward the body portion of said glove, the slit and holebeing arranged and adapted to permit the jewel and jewel setting ofa'finger ring to project through and move longitudinallyof said slit andthen to be received within said hole.

VERNON WALLIS.

REFERENCES CITED Number FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date I Great BritainSept. 28, 1933 France Dec. 20, 1927

